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Alex Carter

Full-Stack Engineer

Independent engineer with a decade of experience shipping web platforms, dev tools, and infrastructure for startups across three continents. Currently focused on AI-native workflows and self-hostable software.

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Nimbus Cloud

Self-hostable multi-region control plane for shipping containerized apps without the K8s tax.

RustTypeScriptPostgreSQLKubernetesTerraform
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Nimbus Cloud
Current Focus
Building
Nimbus Cloud
Learning
RustDistributed SystemsWebGPU
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Tech Stack
TypeScriptReactNext.jsAstroNode.jsRustGoPostgreSQLTypeScriptReactNext.jsAstroNode.jsRustGoPostgreSQLTypeScriptReactNext.jsAstroNode.jsRustGoPostgreSQL
RedisDockerKubernetesAWSTailwindtRPCGraphQLRedisDockerKubernetesAWSTailwindtRPCGraphQLRedisDockerKubernetesAWSTailwindtRPCGraphQL
Now
  • Working
    Nimbus Cloud — public beta launch
  • Reading
    A Philosophy of Software Design
  • Listening
    Bonobo · Tycho · Nils Frahm
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2840 stars
73 repos
Uses
  • MacBook Pro 16” M4 Max
  • LG UltraFine 32” 6K
  • macOS Sequoia
  • Cursor
  • Raycast
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Testimonial
“Alex ships infrastructure that disappears into the background — which is the highest compliment you can pay a senior engineer.”
Sara Nakamura · CTO, Northwind Labs
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